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Part of Tacoma Actors Guild Records
Part of Tacoma Actors Guild Records
Part of Tacoma Actors Guild Records
Warnick, Sulja Oral History Interview
Part of Sulja Warnick Papers
Oral history interview with Tacoma resident Sulja Warnick conducted by dindria barrow on April 6, 2023. In this interview, Sulja shares some of her life’s work as a public school teacher in the Tacoma Public Schools and with the Korean Women’s Association (KWA). Her journey is one of many places and many connections. The success she co-created has spanned countries and served thousands of people. For example, KWA started as a small social club for Korean women and has expanded to a non-profit organization that provides education, affordable housing, in-home care for seniors, and social services, including domestic violence counseling. KWA has offices in 14 Western Washington counties, serving up to 150,000 people of 40 nationalities and 35 language groups. The organization is now 51 years old. Please enjoy Sulja’s oral history interview as well as her collection of images and documents covering her life and the life of KWA.
This program is about the drug free week in Tacoma, put together by the Safe St. Campaign.
Vicky M. Semones is an award-winning poet and photographer with a lifelong interest in spiritual and philosophical subjects. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies. She was an acolyte at the Mary Magdalene Chapel in Oakland, California, and has brought her teaching skills and love of gnostic spirituality to the Center for Spiritual Living - Tacoma, having developed a 'Wisdom Circle' series on "Re-discovering Mary Magdalene." Vicky also posts her poetry at www.authorsden.com/semones
Part of Dear Tacoma Project Collection
Kellen Drury visually describes what he misses and appreciats during the Covid times in this short film.
Carol Rashawnna Williams visits CHAZ During 2020 Protests Against Police Brutality
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Slideshow of photos taken during Carol Rashawnna Williams' visit to CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone), in Seattle 2020. CHAZ (aka CHOP - Capitol Hill Occupied Protest) was established in June of 2020 in protest against the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, occupying several blocks in the city center for over three weeks.
Interview with Beth from Confidence Analytics at the Lemonhaze Cannabis Convention, 2019
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Beth, representative at Confidence Analytics, discusses the company's work to test cannabis products in the state of Washington.
Panel Discussion at the Lemonhaze Cannabis Convention, 2019
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Panelists discuss the "ongoing vape crisis" in the cannabis industry, including federal policy made around health concerns.
Walkthrough of "JB^2: A Jasmine Brown Collaboration" at 950 Gallery, Hosted by Spaceworks Tacoma
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Video footage of "JB^2: A Jasmine Brown Collection," in the 950 Gallery, hosted by Spaceworks Tacoma.
Activist Lyle Quasim Speaks at 54th Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington
Part of Paul Jackson Digital Videos
Community activist and Black Collective co-chair Lyle Quasim speaks at the "We Are Not Going Back" 54th Anniversary Commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington. He discusses the history of the Black Collective, founded in 1969, and voices support for similar organizations in King County.
Part of Mayor William Baarsma Papers
Purpose was to discuss Sichuan's participation in the Chinese Reconciliation Park. (DVD)
Oral history interview with former Puyallup Tribal Council Member, Ramona Bennett. Interviewed by dindria barrow on April 2, 2022, in the Digital Media Lab of the Tacoma Public Library. Ramona discusses her views on Indian and Indigenous rights, the people she encountered on her advocacy journey and how she continues living during difficult times. Ramona reminds us that “things shift slowly”, to “love whoever is left” after someone passes away, to put “just one foot after the other” and that her people live on because of “all the ways we pray are so hard”.
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Part of Community Event Collection
Video recording of Theresa Pan Hosley, President of Chinese Reconciliation Foundation, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Melissa Jorgensen and Friends, Bottom up Hilltop Community Activists, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Maxine Mimms, Founder of the Maxine Mimms Academy, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Seong Shin, Founder of WILLO, Principal at McGranahan Architects, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Marilyn Strickland, City of Tacoma Mayor, from the 2014 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Dyann Lyon, Artist, Certified Healthy Edge Coach, from the 2015 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of Lua Pritchard, Executive Director, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, from the 2015 WILLO Storytelling Festival.
Video recording of T’Wina Franklin, Urban Community Co-founder of Ladies First, Director at University Place School District, from the 2016 WILLO Storytelling Festival.